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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Customize Visibility of Elements</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Some elements are hidden from view in packages and in RTF documents by default. These include Events, Decisions, Sequence elements and Associations. You have the option of turning these elements back on.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">For example, some Events and Decisions contained in a package do not appear in the package view, as in the example below.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="customvisibility.png" width="151" height="114" border="0" alt="CustomVisibility"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To show additional elements, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Tools | Options | Objects</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Objects</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> page of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Options</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Advanced</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Advanced Settings</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="localoptions-objects-advanced.png" width="338" height="180" border="0" alt="LocalOptions-Objects-Advanced"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the checkbox for each type of element to show in packages and in RTF documents.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Close</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button on each dialog.</span></li>
<li value=5><span class="f_NumberedList"><a href="refresh_model_view.htm">Reload</a> the current diagram if required</span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The package from the example above now shows the Event and Decision elements it contains:</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="customvisibility2.png" width="150" height="144" border="0" alt="CustomVisibility2"></p>




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